I was so busy yesterday that I missed it. Take a look at these two interesting blog posts on the 2-28 Incident in Taiwan: thoughts on commemoration and an eyewitness account by New Zealander Allan James Shackleton (downloadable PDF available).
Also, do take a look at Formosa Betrayed if you haven't yet had a chance; it's the account by George Kerr, in Taiwan at the time with the US consulate.
February 28, 1947. Need a reminder of just how horrid the old KMT was? of how fragile and precious a free democracy is? If still in doubt, look up the term "White Terror," the period that followed the 2-28 Incident.
A bit of history: here is the report by the New York Times dated March 29, 1947.
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